Music Technology, B.S.
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
- Think, speak, and write clearly and effectively.
- Demonstrate acquaintance with mathematical and experimental methods of the physical and biological sciences; including analysis and historical and quantitative techniques.
- Address culture and history from a variety of perspectives.
- Understand and experience thinking about moral and ethical problems.
- Respect, understand, and evaluate work in a variety of disciplines.
- Explain and defend one’s views effectively and rationally.
- Understand and have experience with art forms other than music.
- Hear, identify, and work conceptually with the elements of music-rhythm, melody, harmony, and structure.
- Understand compositional process, aesthetic properties of style, and the ways these shape and are shaped by artistic and cultural forces.
- Demonstrate acquaintance with a wide selection of musical literature - the principal eras, genres, and cultural sources.
- Develop and defend musical judgments.
- Perform in areas appropriate to the student’s needs and interests.
- Sight read.
- Understand procedures for realizing a variety of musical styles.
- Demonstrate capacity to create derivative or original music both extemporaneously and in written form.
- Compose and improvise at a basic level in one or more musical languages
- Understand how technology serves the field of music as a whole.
- Demonstrate a working knowledge of the technological developments applicable to their area of specialization.
- Work independently on a variety of musical problems by combining their capabilities in performance; aural, verbal and visual analysis; composition and improvisation; and history and repertory.
- Form and defend judgments about music.
- Acquire the tools of work with a comprehensive repertory, including music from various cultures of the world and music of their own time.
- Understand basic interrelationships and interdependencies among the various professions and activities that constitute the musical enterprise.
- Acquire the skills necessary to assist in the development and advancement of their careers.
- Develop teaching skills, particularly as related to their major area of study.
- Develop improvisational skills in all areas of musicianship
- Experience a broad range of repertory through attendance at events such as recitals, concerts, opera and music theatre productions, and other types of performances.
- Explore areas of individual interest related to music in general or to the major.
- Explore multidisciplinary issues that include music.
- Practice synthesis of a broad range of musical knowledge and skills, particularly through independent study that involves a minimum of faculty guidance, where the emphasis is on evaluation at completion.
